Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian Empire)

Akmolinsk Oblast Акмолинская область (Russian)
Oblast of the Russian Empire
1868–1920
Coat of arms
Map of Akmolinsk Oblast
Capital	Omsk
History
• Established	21 October 1868
• Disestablished	3 January 1920
Preceded by Succeeded by Oblast of the Siberian Kirghiz Tobolsk Governorate Omsk Governorate
Today part of	Russia

Akmolinsk Oblast (Russian: Акмо́линская область) was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day northern Kazakhstan and the southern part of Omsk Oblast in Russia. It was formerly part of Kazakh khanate. It was created after the division of the Oblast of Siberia Kyrgyz into the oblasts Akmolinsk and Semirechensk on 21 October 1868.^{[citation needed]} Its center was Omsk and consisted of uezds of Akmolinsk, Atbasar, Kokchetav, Omsk and Petropavlovsk. It bordered Tobolsk Governorate to the north, Semipalatinsk Oblast to the east, Semirechye Oblast to the northeast, Syr-Darya Oblast to the south, Turgay Oblast to the southwest and Orenburg Governorate to the northwest.